October 2012 in pictures: Multivitamins, supplement sales, and $1.2 billion for Schiff

There was a lot of good news in October! NutraIngredients-USA looks back at an important month for the dietary supplements industry, which included the proposed acquisition of Schiff by Bayer, another attempt by Sen Durbin to stop energy drinks, and that multivitamin study.

Prof Balz Frei from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University said that an 8% drop in overall cancer rates is not small.

“Quite simply, at around a penny a day a multivitamin is the cheapest health insurance a person will ever buy,” he said. “Of course it’s just a supplement, and it’s not a substitute for a good diet and healthy lifestyle. But this study should finally answer all the doubters out there who still think multivitamin supplements have no value. And it further confirms they are completely safe to take.”

Despite the good news, there have been some people in the dietary supplement industry who seem intent on sabotaging the study importance.

There was a lot of good news in October! NutraIngredients-USA looks back at an important month for the dietary supplements industry, which included the proposed acquisition of Schiff by Bayer, another attempt by Sen Durbin to stop energy drinks, and that multivitamin study.